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'General Smuts' rose Description
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'General Smuts' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Cà Berta
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
20 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium red Hybrid Tea.
Origin:
Bred by Gerald Adriaan Van Rossem (Netherlands, 1922).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1924 as 'General Smuts'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Cherry-red, coral-red shading, yellow highlights.  Moderate fragrance.  Large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Armed with thorns / prickles, upright.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Vigorous.  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Jan Christiaan [Christian] Smuts (May 24, 1870 Riebeeck West (near Malmesbury), Cape Colony - September 11, 1950 Irene near Pretoria) South African/Afrikaans origin, British Field Marshall and Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa (1919-24 and 1939-48).
 
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